Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
The Revelaires* You're So Wrong You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
The Revelaires* Cab Driver Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Matt Lucas* Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

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